Coming to Market Street: Burgerim, Zone Health & Fitness

Jim Ross @JimRossOSB

Tuesday

Jul 25, 2017 at 1:01 PMJul 25, 2017 at 6:33 PM

Outdoor mall continues to expand offerings

The Market Street at Heath Brook mall on Tuesday announced two new upcoming tenants: Burgerim, a fast casual restaurant specializing in gourmet mini-burgers; and a second location of Zone Health & Fitness, the full-service fitness center.

Burgerim is scheduled to open in winter 2017, according to a mall news release. In addition to its build-your-own mini-burger service, the restaurant also serves sandwiches, salads, wings and sides. It has more than 160 stores worldwide. Its website lists 23 Florida stores that are “coming soon.”

“Burgerim’s founder is a woman named Donna Tuchner. An Israeli native, she attended culinary school in New York, then returned to Israel to open the first Burgerim (‘many burgers’ in Hebrew) in Tel Aviv, which is still there today,” the Los Angeles Times reported last year. “Burgerim’s current owner and president, Oren Loni, noticed the restaurant’s unique approach, saw huge potential, then purchased Burgerim’s name and rights and began to decisively scale the business by franchising all over Israel and beyond.”

Zone is scheduled to open its second location by the end of the year, the news release said. It will occupy 9,572 square feet. Zone is a full-service fitness center offering staff-assisted exercise instruction, strength and cardio equipment, and childcare.

This will be Zone’s second location; its original is at 524 S. Pine Ave., just south of Silver Springs Boulevard.

In the same news release, Market Street at Heath Brook summarized other stores that already have opened or whose plans have previously been reported:

• Simply Ice Cream is expected to open this month.

• HomeGoods, an off-price home décor destination, has a grand opening scheduled for Aug. 6.

• Talbots, clothing store, hopes to open prior to Thanksgiving. This location will be a “Talbot’s Company Store,” one of only three in the country.

• Chico’s Outlet opened in February

• Orangetheory Fitness opened in March

The mall, off State Road 200 west of Interstate 75, has been steadily adding to its offerings. Plans for a movie theater also are in the works.

“We are committed to expanding our retail and restaurant offering to reaffirm Market Street at Heath Brook’s standing as a premier shopping destination for Ocala, Florida and surrounding areas,” said Giancarlo “GC” Carriero, vice president of leasing for Tricom Real Estate Group, in the news release.

Market Street is owned and operated by The MGHerring Group and Tricom. "The WAS Group is actively leasing retail space and The Boyd Group leases office space," the release said.

Contact Jim Ross at 671-6412 or jim.ross@ocala.com. Follow him on Twitter @jimrossOSB

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